War Memorial Cross - Bournemouth North Cemetery, Strouden Avenue, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
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N 50° 44.700 W 001° 51.327
30U E 580750 N 5622093
This striking churchyard cross stands in Bournemouth North Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM9QQV
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/20/2010
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The cross marks the location of the war graves which are positioned together in this little area. It is a pure white stone cross, kept clean like the white gravestones it guards. A sword is positioned on the cross. There is no inscription on it at all and it stands on a stepped plinth.
The following website shows the graves with the cross:
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'This cemetery contains 110 Second World War burials, 75 of them forming a plot to the right of the main entrance, the rest scattered. The war graves plot was used for the burial of airmen from various R.A.F. stations in the area prior to the opening of R.A.F. Regional Cemeteries and 23 of the 41 airmen who lie there were killed during an air raid on 23 May 1943. 1 of the burials is unidentified. BOURNEMOUTH CREMATORIUM is situated in the cemetery and the names of 33 servicemen and women of the Second World War whose remains were cremated there are inscribed on a screen wall.
No. of Identified Casualties: 109'